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In Videos: 12-Year Old's Award-Winning Burger: Au Brie Burger a la Francais
Kids are so freaky.
Dinner Tonight: Deviled Sardines
My comfort food: sardines in olive oil, drained on Ritz crackers and bright, cheap yellow mustard.
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
I was 7 years old when the 80's ended but 3 things come to mind....
Yogurt covered raisins
Otterpops (still obsessed with those)
and "juice" filled fruit snacks. I think they were called Gushers.
Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 23: What's Your Ideal Diet Breakfast?
LOVE IT!
I prefer wasabi rice crackers, a peach, and diet gingerale.
PS: If you want awesome chips, you must try Pop Chips. Sea salt flavor. They are incredibly great. Trader Joes has their version as well. Find them, seriously. They're not diet tasting, I promise.
Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast
In Los Angeles, there's a vegan pub that serves frickles. It's in the Hel-Mel hood, (Melrose and Heliotrope), right next to Scoops. It's amazing food, jackfruit tacos are unbelievable and pretty cheap.
Take that, east coast!
The Next Food Network Star, Episode 3 Recap: The Kelseybot
Kelsey: "I just don't want to be annoying..."
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Batter Blaster: Bogus or Bliss?
I LOVE the Batter Blaster, I don't care what any of you say. I use mine with the Pancake Puff-er and lay a slice of banana in middle of the ball. Drizzle with butter and top with cinnmon and sugar, my friends go nuts for them everytime I make them. This morning at 2 am with 7 empty bottles of wine and 3 neighbors and my bf, everyone started talking about firing up the Blaster and 3 minutes later the first batch was coming off the line. I know I sound like an infomercial but it's really that easy!
Cilantro Haters Unite, While Wearing Anti-Cilantro Graphic Tees
My neighbor across the hall HATES cilantro, every time he gets tipsy or completely drunk he rants and rants about cilantro. He calls it the demonweed. I thought he was insane but now I know there's a whole club for people like him!
How Not to Make Grilled Pizza
That's sick. This was on in the morning? Who the hell wants to see cheeseburger pizza first thing in the morning?
I'll have a cup of ooooh-long!
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The Next Food Network Star, Episode 3 Recap: The Kelseybot
Sorry but Kelsey is just NOT my cup of tea - let's face it - the only one who has been a hit has been Guy - and why - because he's himself! Believe me - I've met him and what you see is what you get!!! In fact - I would choose Aaron over Adam - Adam is just a train wreck - and Lisa - heaven help us - she's another train wreck in Pucci shoes!!!! Where do they get these people? FN needs REAL people - not "bobbleheads" - sorry if I'm offending anyone but I would take Emeril any day!
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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 23: What's Your Ideal Diet Breakfast?
@HeartofGlass - Thanks for mentioning aspartame! Artificial sweeteners, while they may be noncaloric, do foster sweets cravings the same way that refined sugar does, so diet sodas can actually encourage overeating. And there's that little bit about aspartame being a neurotoxin...
I do take exception with the smoothies comment - when they're made with no added sugar, they can be an excellent breakfast food for the times of year when fresh fruit isn't readily available. Frozen fruit is not very palatable thawed and eaten, but it's perfect for a smoothie.
Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 23: What's Your Ideal Diet Breakfast?
Diet soda, while not having calories is full of aspertame, which (unlike Splenda) is an artificial sweetener that spikes the blood sugar. Strawberries or a real potato have more potassium than a banana, actually, and while some fruit is better than no fruit, a high sugar, high GI starchy fruit plus aspertame is very hunger-spiking, combined with potato chips (also high GI) that have little nutritional value.
A typical 'breakfast sandwich' of an egg on an English muffin with cheese or even lean meat would be lower in calories and have more protien, depending on the bread, how the egg was cooked, and so forth.
Smoothies are very high in sugar too, btw, for all of you 'fans' out there...
I've never understood smoothies, personally--as long as I have teeth, I like to chew my fruit!
Nothing is wrong with an occasional indulgent breakfast, but if I'm going to indulge, hell I'll have cake for breakfast, not packaged snack food and good coffee, not preservative-laden soda!
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
The new chef at the formerly good French restaurant I worked at made, for a special one week, veal scaloppini with an grapefruit avocado sauce.
I left town shortly thereafter.
Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast
In Florida -- the Gator's Dockside in Lake Mary, FL, just added a basked of fried kosher dills to their menu. They were about 2-inch rounds, between 1/8 and 1/4 inch thick, fried quickly in a flavorful batter and still crisp inside, served with a cup of ranch dressing. We really enjoyed them, even if they sat a bit heavy afterward. But they were the highlight of the meal, and went wonderful with a pitcher of Yuengling...the dill flavor lasted quite a while on the palate.
Gator's Dockside also has EXCELLENT chicken wings, cooked dry-fried, batter-fried, or grilled, and tossed in a variety of sauces. Service is par for the course for a neighborhood sports bar.
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
I'd have to agree that a lot of the foods mentioned above predated the '80s by a lot. Even microwave ovens for home use were a '70s thing. My grandmother got an original Radarange when they first came out. She remodeled her kitchen around a built-in model. This was in '73.
I was with her when she saw it demonstrated at an appliance store. It was like magic. The demonstrator put little slices of hot dog on a PAPER plate, covered it with a paper towel and it was sizzling hot in THIRTY SECONDS! Unheard of!
The good news is that the microwave (that is now 35 years old!) still works beautifully. It had to have a broken dial replaced a decade or so ago and the repairman tested it for leaks. It was still leak-free! They sure don't make 'em like they used to.
What foods are uniquely '80s'?
i think is more a function of the writer's age, than the food itself.
i associate many of those items with the 70's. and one or 2 w/ the 60's
The Next Food Network Star, Episode 3 Recap: The Kelseybot
Thank God! I was begining to wonder if I was alone in my Kelsey hate. I searched for people who hated Kelsey and I found this blog. Ok, maybe you "love" her, but at least you see her as a robot. I can't take this gal. She's like Racheal Ray meets Sandra Lee meets Elle Woods meets SNL. And her comment about being passionate about food, television, and food on television made me gag. The worst thing is that she's winning "fan favorite" on the Food Network site by a wide margin, and the judges seem to be warming up to her alot. I'm frightened she's gonna have her own show. Maybe if she does, and it tanks, Food Network will learn its lesson and give us something DIFFERENT next time.
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About: If you read my favorite foods, you'll know all there is to know about me.
Favorite foods: Ostrich steaks, Hook Cheddar (12 year), jalapeno poppers w/ cream cheese, truffle salt, figs, fried chicken, oatmeal raisin ice cream, chili-cheese burgers, cherry-pineapple Big Sticks, monkfish liver, matzo ball soup, peking duck, oysters, artichokes.
Last bite on earth: Oyster stew followed by beef Stroganoff, with full fat sour cream. Then shoot me dead. (oyster stew has 6 ingredients : oysters, butter, cream, whole milk, salt, pepper.)